My new goal is to invest part of my next transfer on leasing a piece of land for planting beans. This would help me to pay school next year when GD has stopped this project in our area.

In the past four months, my child has not been sent home for school fees as I had win the trust of the school head as I would promise that I would pay on a specific day and surely I would do so immediately I get my transfers.

In the next six months, I will be financially stable in that I will have harvested the beans and sell it to earn income.

In comparing my current life and the past four months, I find a lot of difference. My current life is way too better in terms of resource availability which ranges from foodstuff to monetary resource. I was once living a hard life where every coin I had in my pocket was budgeted for with no extras. I thank God that at the moment I am enjoying a smooth plan with enough money which is all generated from the different project I revived after receiving the transfers. Among the differences which have been registered is the presence of a milk-producing cow. This is our pride since it's serving both the payment of school fees and also household goods.

After purchasing a cow I now have an additional goal to venture into agriculture. Although I don't have a larger piece of land, I have a plan to lease a piece in addition so that I can add to the small piece that I already have. I am intending to do the farm operation where I will be planting beans. I also have a plan to plant maize though on a smaller scale since maize production in our area is no longer doing well. I am hoping that all these will come to pass in the next four months.

Many things have really changed since I started receiving the transfer from GiveDirectly. All farm operations are now working well and the biggest difference of all is the presence of a cow which I bought with the accumulated cash from the Merry-go-round. Initially, I had one cow which had been producing milk although I needed another one since the milk we were producing were not enough both for domestic use and to at least spare some for sale. I now feel that the intent has been met and now I am looking forward to paying school fees for my two kids in secondary school and two in primary school at ease.

After starting a savings plan, I am foreseeing a future where I will be farming on leased land. I need to venture into both subsistence and commercial farming where I will be planting beans. I hope to see it running in the next six months.

My life is currently different from how it was since I have been able to clear outstanding school fees balance for my child. My child is very hardworking and I did not want to fail her in any way. The arrears gave me sleepless nights but now I am peaceful because I have cleared it and I also have means of paying the rest of the fee on time. Through the transfers, I was also able to buy a dairy cow. I now spend a lot buying milk on a daily basis but I am optimistic that this will come to an end soon when the cow calves.

In the next four months, I am planning to save part of Give Directly monthly transfers to use it on leasing a land for maize farming. I have a small piece of land which is not enough for farm production. I always ended up buying farm produce fro my neighbors but I believe this will come to an end soon.

The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I managed to clear fee arrears for my child in secondary school. I had been having pending arrears and I had to talk with the teachers and tell them of my plan of paying the fees so has to keep her in school. With the monthly transfers from Give Directly, I was able to join a Merry Go Round with my village mates. When my turn came, I used it to clear the fee. This has given me a piece of mind. Thanks to GiveDirectly.

My expect my life to change positively in the next six months because I am optimistic that I will have acquired the land for maize production. I believe in the next six month I will have planted it hoping that its production will relieve me the stress of buying food.

My life is currently different because I have increased farming land because I now have money to buy farm inputs.

I am planning to repay merry go round contributions, and also to hire a piece of land for crop cultivation.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that these transfers have enabled me pay school fees for my kids and buy a heifer from the monthly merry go round contributions.

I expect to have hired a piece of land for cultivation and my heifer will have given birth hence more milk and income.

The new goal that I have gotten since I started receiving the transfer include adding a cow in my farm.I also want to start another business.

My life is currently different from how it would have been if I had never received the transfer in that I can get enough food for my family unlike before.Currently, I can also afford to pay fee for my children using the transfer.I live a happier life than before.

In the next six months I expect to be living a more up lifted life.I expect to be doing more and better farming due more resources to use.My family and I will be having enough food.

The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving the transfer is that I feel supported in my life.The transfer has given me a feeling of living a better life.